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when you looked at the surveillance video, when you hear what pete williams is reporting about their backgrounds, what leaps to mind? what do you think we can ascertain from those facts? >> these guys had a plan. when i saw the video, seemed like they knew what they were doing. they were moving with a purpose. they were calm. it eerily reminded me of the mumbai attacks. you can't tell too much from the brief videotape that we saw that was released to the public but it appeared they were calm and moving with a purpose. >> we now have a name and putting together a bit of a background. at least one of them was a legal permanent resident who had a massachusetts driver's license. there is a long and sad history of strife in chechnya and acts of terrorism. >> you have to look at that original of terrorism. this is where we can't jump to conclusions yet. we're going to be relying on our foreign intelligence partners in russia and turkey because it was believed these men lived in turkey. we want to find out do they come from a lineage of terrorists. do they have military training. we'll try
when you looked at the surveillance video, when you hear what pete williams is reporting about their backgrounds, what leaps to mind? what do you think we can ascertain from those facts? >> these guys had a plan. when i saw the video, seemed like they knew what they were doing. they were moving with a purpose. they were calm. it eerily reminded me of the mumbai attacks. you can't tell too much from the brief videotape that we saw that was released to the public but it appeared they were...
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he has denied doing anything wrong, brian. >> pete williams starting us off from d.c. tonight. pete, thanks. >>> we have an update on a deadly shooting connected to the expanding investigation into the boston marathon bombings. you may have heard last week a friend of the bombers' was shot and killed while being interrogated by the fbi. today, that man's father back home in russia, said his son was killed execution-style, shot seven times by the feds, including once in the back of the head. the fbi initially said their agent shot the man when he lunged at them with a knife, but now the fbi says he was holding a metal rod. they feared he was going to reach for a gun. >>> president obama is set to nominate a new fbi director. former deputy attorney general james comey, a republican who famously broke with president bush back in '04, refusing to reauthorize the administration's controversial warrantless wiretapping plan. as u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, he oversaw the prosecutions, among others, of martha stewart, executives of worldcom and international dru
he has denied doing anything wrong, brian. >> pete williams starting us off from d.c. tonight. pete, thanks. >>> we have an update on a deadly shooting connected to the expanding investigation into the boston marathon bombings. you may have heard last week a friend of the bombers' was shot and killed while being interrogated by the fbi. today, that man's father back home in russia, said his son was killed execution-style, shot seven times by the feds, including once in the back...
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this is just coming from pete williams of nbc news. last night, police in watertown, massachusetts, got into a shootout with both suspects. they ever both brothers from chechnya. you might recall the surveillance photos. the one in the black cap, 26-year-old sam german tsarnaev, ted not only of a gunshot wounds but shrapnel wounds and thermal wounds indicating he might have been hurt by an explosive device. the brothers did reportedly throw at least one bomb during a shootout with police. the suspect in the white cap, he is 19-year-old dzhokhar tsarnaev. he is the one that we are still looking for. he told the "associated press" that he was an angel. police ask asked you to shelter in place and not open the door unless it is police. we will have more updates in two minutes. hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! ♪ wow. [ buzz ] delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? bee happy. b
this is just coming from pete williams of nbc news. last night, police in watertown, massachusetts, got into a shootout with both suspects. they ever both brothers from chechnya. you might recall the surveillance photos. the one in the black cap, 26-year-old sam german tsarnaev, ted not only of a gunshot wounds but shrapnel wounds and thermal wounds indicating he might have been hurt by an explosive device. the brothers did reportedly throw at least one bomb during a shootout with police. the...
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justice correspondent pete williams has more for us. >> reporter: investigators say they've been told that while the bombing suspects were fleeing from boston in an suv they carjacked last thursday night they came up with the idea of driving to new york, taking along a half dozen bombs they had with them. >> in the car they made a decision to go to new york with the remaining explosive devices that they had and to detonate it -- detonate one or more in times square. >> reporter: police say one of the men, dzhokhar tsarnaev, had visited times square at least once last year. whatever plans they had came to nothing thursday night when police caught up with them in watertown. this photo shows that suv after the shootout with police. now new questions about whether the interrogation of the surviving suspect was stopped too soon. the chairman of the house intelligence committee has been told that a judge came to the hospital to read dzhokhar his rights before interrogators were done questioning him. >> that's dangerous and concerning especially when the fbi will tell you we weren't finished
justice correspondent pete williams has more for us. >> reporter: investigators say they've been told that while the bombing suspects were fleeing from boston in an suv they carjacked last thursday night they came up with the idea of driving to new york, taking along a half dozen bombs they had with them. >> in the car they made a decision to go to new york with the remaining explosive devices that they had and to detonate it -- detonate one or more in times square. >>...
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we have more from the justice correspondent, pete williams, who joins us from our washington bureau, pete, good evening. >> reporter: tamron, good evening. snowden talked from moscow to a washington post contributor and one of three journalists who have received his leaks of classified nsa documents. snowden says in the interview that he has no regrets. they met somewhere in moscow, the story doesn't reveal the location in a room where edward snowden kept the curtains closed. according to today's "washington post," snowden said, "i already won." in terms of personal s satisfacti satisfaction, the mission is already splished. snowden spoke for hours to the reporter for the washington post. >> he is very much at peace with his choices. he wanted to provoke and inspire and galvanize a public debate. he has succeeded in that beyond any reasonable ambition. >> reporter: snowden claimed that he first raised his concerns about the reach of government surveillance to nsa co-workers and supervisors more than a year ago. >> almost recklessly, if you don't want to get caught, he was asking them
we have more from the justice correspondent, pete williams, who joins us from our washington bureau, pete, good evening. >> reporter: tamron, good evening. snowden talked from moscow to a washington post contributor and one of three journalists who have received his leaks of classified nsa documents. snowden says in the interview that he has no regrets. they met somewhere in moscow, the story doesn't reveal the location in a room where edward snowden kept the curtains closed. according to...
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the loop seen round the world of the intern hustling the decision to pete williams so he can inform the world. good to have all of you here. >> i was sweating, too. >> exactly. so much to get into. let's begin with where this did debate over gay marriage goes now. rachel, because the reaction has been so big, so fast, and yet what now becomes a really big question. >> the supreme court has the choice not only which way to rule, but also how they were going to rule. they could have ruled just federal. this isn't a federal issue at all, state shoes decide it, or they could decide it on equal production grounds. those are the grounds on which they decided it. so i tend to side with justice scalia on this who ten years ago in the lawrence case said if the court finds that there is not a state interest in discriminating and showing moral disapproval of homosexuality, then we can't does that equal marriage rights. >> and if you look at a part of the majority opinion by justi kennedy, he writes the following. doma yauundermines both the pub and private significance of state sanctioned same-sex
the loop seen round the world of the intern hustling the decision to pete williams so he can inform the world. good to have all of you here. >> i was sweating, too. >> exactly. so much to get into. let's begin with where this did debate over gay marriage goes now. rachel, because the reaction has been so big, so fast, and yet what now becomes a really big question. >> the supreme court has the choice not only which way to rule, but also how they were going to rule. they could...
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>> pete williams in our d.c. newsroom tonight. pete, thanks. >>> another terrible day in afghanistan. five u.s. service members were killed when their black hawk went down last night in bad weather. officials say it appears to be an accident, not the result of any incoming enemy fire. as we reported here last night, two u.s. special forces troops were killed in an insider attack. both incidents resulting in the deadliest day for u.s. forces in this year. >>> president obama made a rare daytime appearance at the u.s. capitol today. this time it was lunch with democrats after dinner with republicans last week. today's meeting, part of an effort to see if there's some way both sides can find some common ground on the budget. kelly o'donnell following it all for us all day on capitol hill. kelly, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. so why is this such a big deal? senate democrats say the president has not come to see them on their turf since 2009. and while there's some criticism that the personal diplomacy might be about
>> pete williams in our d.c. newsroom tonight. pete, thanks. >>> another terrible day in afghanistan. five u.s. service members were killed when their black hawk went down last night in bad weather. officials say it appears to be an accident, not the result of any incoming enemy fire. as we reported here last night, two u.s. special forces troops were killed in an insider attack. both incidents resulting in the deadliest day for u.s. forces in this year. >>> president...
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pete williams, nbc news, washington. >>> an awful day in afghanistan today. six americans, two service members, four military contractors, among the 15 people killed when a suicide car bomb exploded in kabul. dozens more injured. one of the deadliest days in the afghan capital in months. 2,087 american servicemen and women have been killed since the war started there over 12 years ago. >>> back in this country, president obama is now on the offensive, trying to assure the public he's taking seriously this confluence of three separate controversies really that have erupted at the same time. we also learned tonight another top official at the irs is stepping down. our political director, chief white house correspondent chuck todd, with us from the north lawn. chuck, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. damage control, day two. in what's easily been the president's toughest week politically since winning re-election. all of these presidential pronouncements today all designed to show that he's on top of these bubbling controversies popping up all over
pete williams, nbc news, washington. >>> an awful day in afghanistan today. six americans, two service members, four military contractors, among the 15 people killed when a suicide car bomb exploded in kabul. dozens more injured. one of the deadliest days in the afghan capital in months. 2,087 american servicemen and women have been killed since the war started there over 12 years ago. >>> back in this country, president obama is now on the offensive, trying to assure the...
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>> pete williams on this still developing story tonight. pete, thanks. >>> now to chicago and the outrage expressed over mayor rahm emanuel's plan to close dozens of that city's public schools. 30,000 kids will be moved to different schools, most of them black on the city's south and west sides. chicago's not the only city where budget problems are forcing big changes in the public schools. our chief education correspondent rehema ellis is in detroit tonight after an all day conference as part of our education nation initiative. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. detroit is like a lot of cities struggling with budget deficits and closing schools like the one behind me. proposed shut-downs in chicago are more and bigger than any city has ever attempted all at one time. outrage intensified as word spread. 54 public schools in chicago are slated to close at the end of this school year. >> my child has been here since he's been going to school. >> it's so sad to think that they are all going to be separated. >> reporter: the city i
>> pete williams on this still developing story tonight. pete, thanks. >>> now to chicago and the outrage expressed over mayor rahm emanuel's plan to close dozens of that city's public schools. 30,000 kids will be moved to different schools, most of them black on the city's south and west sides. chicago's not the only city where budget problems are forcing big changes in the public schools. our chief education correspondent rehema ellis is in detroit tonight after an all day...
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>> pete williams on the texas situation from washington tonight. pete, thanks. >>> penn state university has agreed to pay out nearly $60 million to 26 different victims in that child sexual abuse scandal involving the former assistant football coach jerry sandusky who is, by the way, spending the rest of his life in prison. the settlement is on top of tens of millions already spent by the university on fines, legal bills and other costs in the scandal that badly tarnished the reputation of penn state football and the late and legendary coach joe paterno. >>> the website for the president's new health care law is back up tonight after yet another technical problem over the weekend that prevented people from signing up for health insurance yet again. for many middle class americans who buy their own health insurance, there could be another frustration and that is sticker shock after some learned they must buy new policies that cover more, but cost more as well. nbc's peter alexander at the white house for us tonight. peter, good evening. >> reporter
>> pete williams on the texas situation from washington tonight. pete, thanks. >>> penn state university has agreed to pay out nearly $60 million to 26 different victims in that child sexual abuse scandal involving the former assistant football coach jerry sandusky who is, by the way, spending the rest of his life in prison. the settlement is on top of tens of millions already spent by the university on fines, legal bills and other costs in the scandal that badly tarnished the...
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pete williams has more. >> reporter: gay rights supporters crowded outside the court. cheering the historic decisions. first, a ruling striking down a law passed by congress in 1996. the defensive marriage act, known as dome that. >> doma is dead! >> reporter: that law blocked the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages in the states ahow them, depriving those couples of more than 1,000 benefits that married couples have. in a 5-4 ruling written by justice kennedy, the court said doma serves no purpose and demeans those in a lawful same-sex marriage. declaring their marriages less worthy and humiliated tens of thousands of children raised by same-sex couples. in the second 5-4 decision, this time by chief justice roberts, the court passed out an appeal of california's proposition 8. passed by voters in 2008. it had stopped same-sex marriages in the state. the court says the people who put prop 8 on the ballot had no legal authority to appeal after a lower court struck it down as unconstitutional. for the two california couples who challenged the law, tha
pete williams has more. >> reporter: gay rights supporters crowded outside the court. cheering the historic decisions. first, a ruling striking down a law passed by congress in 1996. the defensive marriage act, known as dome that. >> doma is dead! >> reporter: that law blocked the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages in the states ahow them, depriving those couples of more than 1,000 benefits that married couples have. in a 5-4 ruling written by justice...
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it's where we begin tonight with our justice correspondent, pete williams, at the court. pete, good evening. >> reporter: brian, here's the question about the voting rights act. it puts an extra burden on states with a history of discriminating at the polls. but does it cover the areas of the country where the problem is the worst? tonight, a bare majority of the supreme court seems to think the answer is no, and if that's the case, the law is in big trouble. ♪ >> reporter: dramatizing the high stakes, civil rights veterans passionately defended the law outside the court. >> we are not going back. we have come too far. we made too much progress to go back. >> at stake, the most important civil rights law ever passed, a response to widespread voter discrimination in the south. president johnson signed the voting rights act in 1965 at the u.s. capitol. fast forward, 48 years. >> i barack hussein obama, do solemnly swear. >> reporter: now with the first african-american president re-elected and more minority in congress and state houses, shelby county, alabama, south of bi
it's where we begin tonight with our justice correspondent, pete williams, at the court. pete, good evening. >> reporter: brian, here's the question about the voting rights act. it puts an extra burden on states with a history of discriminating at the polls. but does it cover the areas of the country where the problem is the worst? tonight, a bare majority of the supreme court seems to think the answer is no, and if that's the case, the law is in big trouble. ♪ >> reporter:...
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let's go to pete williams, our justice correspondent. good morning to you again. >> we know a little more now. we believe about these two. as we've been saying they're brothers. the first one who they are still seeking this morning, the one wearing the white hat, the one that they believe planted the second bomb, his name is dzhokar tsarnaev. he's the one who is 19 years old. we're told that his brother, the one, who died is 26. became a legal permanent resident in 2007 and was born in russia. we're told that they both came to the country with their number in 2002 or 2003. they've been in the u.s. for nearly ten years it would appear. we're certainly very familiar with the united states and certainly comfortable moving around here. you may remember when the police chased them into watertown, they stopped the suv that they carjacked. the older one wearing the black hat at the photographs in the boston marathon was strapped with explosives and police shot and killed him and i'm told by authorities now that when dzhokar, who is the one they
let's go to pete williams, our justice correspondent. good morning to you again. >> we know a little more now. we believe about these two. as we've been saying they're brothers. the first one who they are still seeking this morning, the one wearing the white hat, the one that they believe planted the second bomb, his name is dzhokar tsarnaev. he's the one who is 19 years old. we're told that his brother, the one, who died is 26. became a legal permanent resident in 2007 and was born in...
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>> pete williams with the latest from our washington bureau tonight. pete, thanks. >>> men's health is making news tonight, specifically this. prostate cancer screening, it's become a confusing mine field lately. what to do and not do and at what age. today the doctors in that specialty spoke out with new guidelines, new rules to make it easier to navigate. specifically where the psa test is concerned. our chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman in our new york studios with the latest on this. this has been confusing. >> it has been confusing, brian. they have made it easier today. there are over 240,000 cases of cancer of the prostate every year. that's one reason why men have been so urged to get this psa blood test. today the american urological association said that's just not good medicine. these are the changes. it's not indicated at all for men under the age of 40. for men aged 40 to 54, again no psa test. for men 55 to 69, discuss it with your doctor, the risks, benefits, does it make sense? and for men over 70, no psa test. know your family h
>> pete williams with the latest from our washington bureau tonight. pete, thanks. >>> men's health is making news tonight, specifically this. prostate cancer screening, it's become a confusing mine field lately. what to do and not do and at what age. today the doctors in that specialty spoke out with new guidelines, new rules to make it easier to navigate. specifically where the psa test is concerned. our chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman in our new york studios with the...
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>> pete williams in our d.c. newsroom tonight. thanks. >>> a tense afternoon today at bush intercontinental airport in houston. police say a man started firing into the air with an assault rifle before a federal agent fired at him. he then pulled out a handgun, shot himself. he later died. this all happened outside of the secure area near a ticket counter. authorities say he had a suicide note in his backpack. for a time, the terminal was closed, all flights were grounded. no one else, thankfully, was hurt. >>> tonight, president obama is in mexico city with one of his top priorities on the trip at home on the agenda. today he met with mexico's president, promoting economic growth there, seeking a strong partner to secure the border in order to help him sell immigration reform back here. >> i expressed to the president pena nieto that i'm optimistic about us getting this done because it's the right thing to do. we've seen leaders from both parties indicate that now is the time to get comprehensive immigration reform done. >> the n
>> pete williams in our d.c. newsroom tonight. thanks. >>> a tense afternoon today at bush intercontinental airport in houston. police say a man started firing into the air with an assault rifle before a federal agent fired at him. he then pulled out a handgun, shot himself. he later died. this all happened outside of the secure area near a ticket counter. authorities say he had a suicide note in his backpack. for a time, the terminal was closed, all flights were grounded. no one...
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nbc's pete williams has more. >> reporter: the ruling deals a crippling and potentially fatal blow to the response to widespread efforts in the south to prevent blacks from voting. >> we'll march in today to dramatize to the nation. >> reporter: john louis, now a georgia congressman, watched as the bill was signed. >> without the voting rights act in 1965, there would be no barack obama as president of the united states of america. we've come too far to go back. >> this presents a serious setback for voting rights and has the potential to negatively effect millions of americans across the country. >> reporter: in a 5-4 ruling, the court's conservatives said the areas covered by the voting rights act has changed. the act requires states with a history of voter discrimination to get permission from the federal government before changing how they dealt with elections, but it shut down the coverage formula of where the formula lies. chief justice john roberts says the map is based on decades-old data and eradicated practices. african-americans have a higher voter turnout percentage than w
nbc's pete williams has more. >> reporter: the ruling deals a crippling and potentially fatal blow to the response to widespread efforts in the south to prevent blacks from voting. >> we'll march in today to dramatize to the nation. >> reporter: john louis, now a georgia congressman, watched as the bill was signed. >> without the voting rights act in 1965, there would be no barack obama as president of the united states of america. we've come too far to go back. >>...
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>> pete williams in our d.c. newsroom tonight. pete, thank you. >>> another big story we are following tonight. the u.s. intelligence community now believes chemical weapons have been used in syria. president obama has previously said that would be crossing a red line for the assad regime. our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski is traveling with defense secretary hagel in the middle east where he learned more about this today. >> reporter: after two years of syria's bloody civil war, the obama administration inched ever so slightly today toward u.s. military intervention. secretary hagel speaking for the white house accusing syria of using chemical weapons. >> the u.s. intelligence community assesses with some degree of varying confidence that the syrian regime has used chemical weapons on a small scale in syria. >> reporter: it's believed traces of sarin were found in blood samples taken from victims of an attack last month in aleppo. president obama has warned syria's use of chemical weapons would be what he's called a game
>> pete williams in our d.c. newsroom tonight. pete, thank you. >>> another big story we are following tonight. the u.s. intelligence community now believes chemical weapons have been used in syria. president obama has previously said that would be crossing a red line for the assad regime. our pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski is traveling with defense secretary hagel in the middle east where he learned more about this today. >> reporter: after two years of syria's...
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a report tonight from our justice correspondent, pete williams. ♪ >> reporter: it's a staple of police drama. >> cold case in sacramento and new york. ran dna from rape kits ten years ago. >> reporter: four years ago, maryland police took a dna sample from alonzo king when they arrested him on a gun charge, rubbing a cotton swab inside his cheek like this, then submitting his dna profile to a national database. it found a match with dna from an unsolved rape and robbery six years earlier. every state now gathers dna from anyone convicted of serious crimes. half the states do it with people arrested, too, but defense lawyers say that's just phishing with no grounds to think that some other crime was committed. >> in the dna sample, there's a lot of medical information concerning the individual, about the individual's genetic heritage, about the people that they are related to. >> reporter: but the mother of katie sepich, a college student raped and murdered in 2003, says her daughter's killer could have been caught sooner if police had put his dna on file when he was arrested for an ear
a report tonight from our justice correspondent, pete williams. ♪ >> reporter: it's a staple of police drama. >> cold case in sacramento and new york. ran dna from rape kits ten years ago. >> reporter: four years ago, maryland police took a dna sample from alonzo king when they arrested him on a gun charge, rubbing a cotton swab inside his cheek like this, then submitting his dna profile to a national database. it found a match with dna from an unsolved rape and robbery six...
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our justice correspondent pete williams has been following the investigation all day. he's in our d.c. newsroom tonight. pete, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. the fbi is pursuing very promising leads. one in particular tonight thanks to the abundance of pictures and videos rounded up in the two days since the bombing. we are getting a close-up look at how the bombs were made. >> guys, guys, guys. no way. >> reporter: the fbi says it is getting exactly what it asked for. pictures from several sources showing someone carrying a heavy backpack or duffel bag and placing it at the spot where one bomb went off. one of the most promising images, they say, comes from a department store surveillance camera high up on a building, able to look down at the crowd. on a day when incorrect news reports of an arrest distracted officials, investigators were working aggressively to discover, find, and interview that person. that's at the scene of the second bombing following the first by about 15 seconds. it's that second spot shown on this picture sent to nbc station wh
our justice correspondent pete williams has been following the investigation all day. he's in our d.c. newsroom tonight. pete, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. the fbi is pursuing very promising leads. one in particular tonight thanks to the abundance of pictures and videos rounded up in the two days since the bombing. we are getting a close-up look at how the bombs were made. >> guys, guys, guys. no way. >> reporter: the fbi says it is getting exactly what it...
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pete williams with the latest on the investigation for us from washington tonight. pete, thanks. >>> tonight the president has ordered flags throughout the district of columbia be flown at half staff. throughout the morning, the number of casualties grew to a startling number. they were taken by air and ambulance to several d.c. area emergency rooms and trauma centers. nbc's tom costello is outside one of them. tom, good evening. >> reporter: hi, brian. we are at washington hospital center. three victims were brought here. they operated on two -- a woman with a shoulder wound and a police officer who had serious leg wounds. they were worried about saving his legs. there is a remarkable story about a woman shot in the head but the bullet didn't penetrate her skull. no surgery. she is expected to recover. the chief medical officer had thoughts about today's incident and gun violence in general. >> there is something evil in our society that we as americans have to work to try and eradicate. there is something wrong here when we have these multiple shootings, multiple
pete williams with the latest on the investigation for us from washington tonight. pete, thanks. >>> tonight the president has ordered flags throughout the district of columbia be flown at half staff. throughout the morning, the number of casualties grew to a startling number. they were taken by air and ambulance to several d.c. area emergency rooms and trauma centers. nbc's tom costello is outside one of them. tom, good evening. >> reporter: hi, brian. we are at washington...
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our report tonight from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: in a bold response to the supreme court's ruling on the voting rights act attorney general eric holder today said the justice department is asking a federal judge to force texas to get court approval before changing how it conducts elections. >> we believe the state of texas should be required to go through a preclearance process whenever it changes its voting laws and practices. >> reporter: a month ago the supreme court struck down the map of where the preclearance requirement applied automatically, mostly in the south. now the justice department is signaling it will go state-by-state seeking to revive the requirement where it can find proof of continuing discrimination at the polls. >> it shows the voting rights act is not dead, shows a way toward a future of the voting rights act in which coverage of areas of the country not based on formulas from 1960 or 1970. >> reporter: today's action challenges the plan by the republican controlled texas legislature to redraw the boundaries for congressional and state
our report tonight from our justice correspondent pete williams. >> reporter: in a bold response to the supreme court's ruling on the voting rights act attorney general eric holder today said the justice department is asking a federal judge to force texas to get court approval before changing how it conducts elections. >> we believe the state of texas should be required to go through a preclearance process whenever it changes its voting laws and practices. >> reporter: a month...
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let's turn to pete williams. >> i think a couple things here. he says -- the two bombers are that's the relationship there. he says they came in early 2003 heard this morning that the family received asylum. and then you may recall that later this morning, the father in russia, and the uncle just said that his brother did go back to russia, so that explains that. you just said something about whether he didn't know if they'd traveled. and that reminds me that undoubtedly right now federal authorities are checking their travel records, these two young men, to see if they ever did go overseas to any kind of terror training camp, because we had heard that they had military experience. that was the initial assessment we had heard from several sources this morning. well, if they came here a decade ago and the one they're looking for still is only 19 years old, obviously he didn't have any military experience at the age of 9 before he came here. and the brother is 26, so i suppose it's possible that he might have had a
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nbc's chief legal analyst, pete williams, joins us from our washington, d.c., newsroom with some insight. >> reporter: this will be the first time the u.s. supreme court has ever taken a serious look at the issue of marriage for gay couples. on tuesday the justices take up proposition 8, the voter initiative passed in 2008 that blocked same-sex marriage in california. two lower courts have found it unconstitutional. as for what might happen if the court strikes it down, it could issue a decision that would apply only to california, allowing marriage to resume. or it could do what it's being urged to do by the two couples in this case, one from berkeley, the other from l.a., and say that no state can block same-sex marriage, or the court could uphold prop 8. wednesday's case is a challenge to doma, the defense of marriage act. it blocks the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages in the states where they are legal. after first defending the law, the obama administration switched sides and now says it's unconstitutional. both these cases come to the court in a political clim
nbc's chief legal analyst, pete williams, joins us from our washington, d.c., newsroom with some insight. >> reporter: this will be the first time the u.s. supreme court has ever taken a serious look at the issue of marriage for gay couples. on tuesday the justices take up proposition 8, the voter initiative passed in 2008 that blocked same-sex marriage in california. two lower courts have found it unconstitutional. as for what might happen if the court strikes it down, it could issue a...
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our own pete williams has been on it from the start. pete, good evening. >>> brian, after sifting through that huge amount of photos and video from people and businesses, the fbi wants to now know about two people who stand out in all that material because of what they were doing before the bombs went off. investigators tonight are calling them suspects in the bombings investigators decided today to take advantage of one of their strongest leads, asking for public help in identifying two men agents are now the most interested in running down. >> we consider them to be armed and extremely dangerous. no one should approach them. no one should attempt to apprehend them except law enforcement. >> reporter: one man is wearing a white baseball cap worn backwards, dark t-shirt, gray hoodie, dark jacket, dark pants
our own pete williams has been on it from the start. pete, good evening. >>> brian, after sifting through that huge amount of photos and video from people and businesses, the fbi wants to now know about two people who stand out in all that material because of what they were doing before the bombs went off. investigators tonight are calling them suspects in the bombings investigators decided today to take advantage of one of their strongest leads, asking for public help in identifying...
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pete williams in our washington newsroom. no doubt a big step forward in this investigation. lester holt was on the street in boston when the photos went public at that very moment. he witnessed the start of what someone today called the first nationwide electronic crowd-sourced manhunt of the digital era. lester, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. when the crowd watching us glommed onto the fact we were talking about pictures of suspects, the smartphones immediately came out. people started watching that video. one man said to me, i wish i knew them. the president was here just a few hours before we learned of the suspect. whether he knew about them or not is unclear. he had a message for whoever did this. we will find you. bostonians stood for hours in a line ten blocks long for a chance to publically share their sorrow and even their fears. >> i'm sickened by this. we live in such a free country and to have a sense of insecurity. ♪ >> reporter: inside the cathedral, tears flowed openly. >> we will rise in community. >> reporter: in what has become a ritual o
pete williams in our washington newsroom. no doubt a big step forward in this investigation. lester holt was on the street in boston when the photos went public at that very moment. he witnessed the start of what someone today called the first nationwide electronic crowd-sourced manhunt of the digital era. lester, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. when the crowd watching us glommed onto the fact we were talking about pictures of suspects, the smartphones immediately came...
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. >> reporter: that was nbc's pete williams. now, if justices decide the california case was premature, it would leave in place a previous ruling which struck down prop 8. same-sex marriages would then resume in california, but it would not set a nationwide precedent. but today the justices will turn their attention to federal law, considering the defense of marriage act. currently nine straights and the district of columbia grant rights to same-sex couples while several others allow civil unions. the law was signed by president clinton in 1996. the former president has since said it should be overturned because it discriminates against gays and lesbians. plaintiffs will argue for federal benefits to be extended to same-sex couples in states where their marriages are recognized. there are more than 1,000 laws granting benefits to married couples. everything from tax savings to social security benefits. but the law excludes those for legally married same-sex couples because they have no federal status. >>> former cia director dav
. >> reporter: that was nbc's pete williams. now, if justices decide the california case was premature, it would leave in place a previous ruling which struck down prop 8. same-sex marriages would then resume in california, but it would not set a nationwide precedent. but today the justices will turn their attention to federal law, considering the defense of marriage act. currently nine straights and the district of columbia grant rights to same-sex couples while several others allow...
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later today on the "today" show, nbc pete williams will have a live report with the latest on the boston marathon terror . suspect. >>> and from vertical gardens and eco-friendly fashions and party ideas. "today" celebrates earth day. now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and so much more. i'm richard lui. thanks for watching "early today," your first stop of the day, today, on your nbc station. have a great start to your week. >>> new this morning, new information on the boston bombing investigation, including when investigators expect answers from the surviving suspect. they may not get a chance to talk with him. let's show you the bay bridge, early monday morning. april 22nd. this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning. it is almost 4:31. glad you are with us. i'm jon kelley. >>> welcome back. i'm laura garcia cannon. >>> meteorologist, rob mayeda is in for christine today. >>> look at san jose, 59 degrees. a warm start to the morning. 80s and low 90s today. 70s and 80s around san francisco to oakland. tomorrow, a little bit of cooling middle part of
later today on the "today" show, nbc pete williams will have a live report with the latest on the boston marathon terror . suspect. >>> and from vertical gardens and eco-friendly fashions and party ideas. "today" celebrates earth day. now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and so much more. i'm richard lui. thanks for watching "early today," your first stop of the day, today, on your nbc station. have a great start to your...
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but so far federal authorities tell nbc's pete williams they haven't found any solid connection among the murders. the mayor of forney, the town nearest to the latest crime scene, is urging residents to stay calm. >> it appears that this was not a random event, that it was a targeted attack. >> reporter: but in this small community outside dallas, neighbors are nervous. >> it is very scary for something like that to happen so close to home. >> reporter: in a recent interview, the district attorney had told the associated press that after that murder two months ago he's carried a gun with him everywhere he went and he was extra careful when answering his door. >> gabe gutierrez in kaufman county, texas, tonight. thank you very much. >>> around the world and the country today, christians celebrated this easter with prayer and pageantry. republican it was . >> reporter: it was a festive holiday pilgrimage. the first family like more than 150 million americans today at easter sunday services. on the jersey shore still slowly recovering from hurricane sandy teenagers celebrated at a sun ri
but so far federal authorities tell nbc's pete williams they haven't found any solid connection among the murders. the mayor of forney, the town nearest to the latest crime scene, is urging residents to stay calm. >> it appears that this was not a random event, that it was a targeted attack. >> reporter: but in this small community outside dallas, neighbors are nervous. >> it is very scary for something like that to happen so close to home. >> reporter: in a recent...
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>> pete williams, thank you very much. it's confirmed that was a tornado that touched down in washington state this week on thursday. some people reported seeing a funnel cloud and the national weather service did indeed confirm it was a tornado which is rare for this time of year. rare especially for washington state. >>> finally, even though the whole point of going on a shark dive is to see sharks, it's the thing you just say but you really just kind of want to spend the day on the boat and get tan. am i right? am i right? i thought so. a group of people on the water in south africa got more than an awesome tan. a meet and greet with the great white shark. the guy was supposed to see a passing shark. that's what he signed up and paid for. instead the shark ignored the bait and wedged its head inside the cage. somehow he avoided the shark's bite by ducking his head. that guy's kids will have the best show and tell video of all time for the rest of their lives. he's going to win first grade, second grade, third, grade and
>> pete williams, thank you very much. it's confirmed that was a tornado that touched down in washington state this week on thursday. some people reported seeing a funnel cloud and the national weather service did indeed confirm it was a tornado which is rare for this time of year. rare especially for washington state. >>> finally, even though the whole point of going on a shark dive is to see sharks, it's the thing you just say but you really just kind of want to spend the day...
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we have it all covered tonight beginning with pete williams at the court. good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. the court didn't go as far as gay rights advocates had hoped. it did not order all states to allow same-sex marriage. but it will have an immediate impact on tens of thousands of gay couples nationwide. gay rights supporters crowded outside the court, cheering the historic decision. first a ruling striking down a law passed by congress in 1996, the defense of marriage act known as doma. >> doma is dead. >> reporter: it blocked the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages in the states that allow them, depriving couples of more than 1,000 benefits that other married couples have. in a 5-4 ruling written by anthony kennedy, they said doma serves no legitimate government purpose and demeans those who are in a lawful same-sex marriage declaring their marriages are less worthy and humiliating tens of thousands of children raised by same-sex couples. eddie windsor, socked with a $360,000 tax bill, when her spouse died, leaving he
we have it all covered tonight beginning with pete williams at the court. good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. the court didn't go as far as gay rights advocates had hoped. it did not order all states to allow same-sex marriage. but it will have an immediate impact on tens of thousands of gay couples nationwide. gay rights supporters crowded outside the court, cheering the historic decision. first a ruling striking down a law passed by congress in 1996, the defense of marriage...
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we begin tonight with our justice correspondent pete williams on what we now know. pete, good evening. >> reporter: ann, good evening to you. from the president on down, federal officials presented a united front in the past 24 hours. their message, we are not listening to your phone calls or reading your e-mails. in california for a summit with the chinese leader, president obama defended the two programs that exploded into public view as necessary trade-offs to defeat terrorists. >> you can't have 100% security and also then have 100% privacy and zero inconvenience. >> reporter: intelligence officials revealed more about how the systems work. the program aimed at telephone records gathers logs of phone numbers dialled by u.s. phone customers and dumps them into an enormous database maintained by the nsa. but director of national intelligence james clapper says the government is prohibited from indiscriminately sifting through it. in other words officials say no data mining. >> nobody is listening to your telephone calls. >> reporter: the data is checked he says on
we begin tonight with our justice correspondent pete williams on what we now know. pete, good evening. >> reporter: ann, good evening to you. from the president on down, federal officials presented a united front in the past 24 hours. their message, we are not listening to your phone calls or reading your e-mails. in california for a summit with the chinese leader, president obama defended the two programs that exploded into public view as necessary trade-offs to defeat terrorists....
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. >> all right, pete williams tonight, thank you. >>> as authorities search for answers, they are turning more of their attention to a trip the older brother made last year to the russian republics of chechnya and dagestan, both mainly muslim, both with militant separatist movements. tonight nbc's adrian mong is in dagestan in the neighborhood where some of the suspect's family lives. >> reporter: a long way from boston in this remote mountainous city in dagestan in the northern caucasus, relatives and friends of the suspected bombers are in shock over the news that two of their own may have been responsible for the marathon bombings. "i don't believe it but only allah knows," says an uncle of the brothers. tamerlan tsarnaev visited him when he traveled to dagestan last year. in the neighborhood where tamerlan and dzhokhar's father lives, the same sentiment. neighbors here on the street tell us they have a hard time believing what happened because they say the suspect's father is a good man. but the neighbors also say they haven't met the sons. dagestan is the russian federation's oldest,
. >> all right, pete williams tonight, thank you. >>> as authorities search for answers, they are turning more of their attention to a trip the older brother made last year to the russian republics of chechnya and dagestan, both mainly muslim, both with militant separatist movements. tonight nbc's adrian mong is in dagestan in the neighborhood where some of the suspect's family lives. >> reporter: a long way from boston in this remote mountainous city in dagestan in the...
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nbc's pete williams has more on that, and more on how the intense manhunt came to an end on friday. >> reporter: though he lies under guard in a boston hospital in serious condition with gunshot wounds, including one to throat, federal officials say dzhokhar tsarnaev is beginning to respond to a few questions from a team of federal investigators. he is being questioned for brief periods, officials say, because of his condition, and he is responding mostly in writing. but he has difficulty speaking because of his throat wound, which some investigators say could be the result of a suicide attempt. newly released video from police helicopter shows how he was arrested. an armored vehicle with a robotic arm tore away a tarp covering a bet on a backyard trailer where he was hiding friday night. in this thermal image, the heat from his body clearly shows him lying in the boat. agents threw in small stun grenades, and a short time later he was under arrest. police radio relayed the word. >> subject in custody. >> reporter: boston transit police put the cuffs on his wrists, tariking on that du
nbc's pete williams has more on that, and more on how the intense manhunt came to an end on friday. >> reporter: though he lies under guard in a boston hospital in serious condition with gunshot wounds, including one to throat, federal officials say dzhokhar tsarnaev is beginning to respond to a few questions from a team of federal investigators. he is being questioned for brief periods, officials say, because of his condition, and he is responding mostly in writing. but he has difficulty...
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we first want to get to justice reporter pete williams. pete, what can you tell us? >> this is a joint military civilian installation across the river from the washington reagan national airport. it has now reopened. it was shutdown because of helicopters. at 8:30 eastern time, one man, heavily armed, carrying some kind of rifle or firearm began firing. we know a dozen or so, at least ten people hit by gunfire. four of them are now dead from the injuries of the gunfire. two of the people shot were police officers. d.c. police is responding. we have been told, savannah, that they have identified the shooter and have wounded him and are responding to the area where he was. they are now going through the area to make certain that there was just one gunman and that will be a difficult time consuming process to make sure that this situation is over and to make sure only one person was shot. the only thing we know about the man with the gun who has done most of the shooting is that he is a male. we don't know what his connection is with the washington navy yard. whether he
we first want to get to justice reporter pete williams. pete, what can you tell us? >> this is a joint military civilian installation across the river from the washington reagan national airport. it has now reopened. it was shutdown because of helicopters. at 8:30 eastern time, one man, heavily armed, carrying some kind of rifle or firearm began firing. we know a dozen or so, at least ten people hit by gunfire. four of them are now dead from the injuries of the gunfire. two of the people...
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. >>> pete williams has more on the investigation into the suspect and also a possible motive. he's with us from washington. pete, what can you tell us? >> i can tell you, erica, that federal officials are going through this person's background hoping to find out what led him to take a rifle and over 100 rounds of ammunition to the airport. they say paul anthony ciancia, age 23, originally from new jersey, was carrying some radical antigovernment written material they describe as harshly critical of the federal government in general and tsa in particular and in the airport they say he was targeting tsa employees. police in pennsville, new jersey, where the family lives there he sent his younger brother a text message saying he wouldn't be alive much longer. police and the fbi have questioned members of his family in new jersey. ciancia's father tells us he talked to him last week complaining of the economy and not having a job and a roommate in los angeles says all of this comes as a shock. >> never had anger or anything in him. when he was here, nothing. i didn't have any issu
. >>> pete williams has more on the investigation into the suspect and also a possible motive. he's with us from washington. pete, what can you tell us? >> i can tell you, erica, that federal officials are going through this person's background hoping to find out what led him to take a rifle and over 100 rounds of ammunition to the airport. they say paul anthony ciancia, age 23, originally from new jersey, was carrying some radical antigovernment written material they describe as...
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. >> our justice correspondent, pete williams, is live. >> reporter: we just got the first of the two same-sex decisions. the supreme court the federal defensive act unconstitutional. this is the federal law that would have -- >> pete, hold on one second. i will interrupt you. let's go to an nbc news special report. >>> and welcome to this nbc special news report. breaking news from the supreme court of the united states. >> pete williams just reported the court struck down the defensive marriage act. >> reporter: the supreme court just struck down the defensive marriage act. it was passed in congress in 1996, and signed by president clinton that prevented the federal government from recognizing the validity of same-sex marriages where they are legal. the interesting thing here is that the court has said that doma is unconstitutional as a matter of equal protection meaning it's discriminatory. if the supreme court struck it down on a narrow basis, by saying the federal government doesn't have the power and it's for the state, but this is not narrow. the supreme court is saying the fed
. >> our justice correspondent, pete williams, is live. >> reporter: we just got the first of the two same-sex decisions. the supreme court the federal defensive act unconstitutional. this is the federal law that would have -- >> pete, hold on one second. i will interrupt you. let's go to an nbc news special report. >>> and welcome to this nbc special news report. breaking news from the supreme court of the united states. >> pete williams just reported the court...
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our justice correspondent pete williams with more from washington. >> for years, lance armstrong has successfully avoided getting dragged into court over cheating allegations, but the u.s. government is joining a lawsuit that seeks millions of dollars. the justice department is joining suit filed by floyd landis. it claims when armstrong raced for the u.s. postal service team a decade ago in the u.s. postal service team, he violated the government by using banned substances. he claims landis saw armstrong story and reinject his own blood to boost performance and armstrong twice gave landis banned hormones before races. last month, armstrong generally admitted cheating in an interview with oprah winfrey, saying it was a given for world-class races, like putting air in the tires or water in the bottle. armstrong could face huge fines if the government wins. the postal service paid at least $30 million to sponsor his racing team. armstrong's lawyers said they tried for weeks to reach a settlement and no matter what he did, the government still came out ahead. in a written statement, his
our justice correspondent pete williams with more from washington. >> for years, lance armstrong has successfully avoided getting dragged into court over cheating allegations, but the u.s. government is joining a lawsuit that seeks millions of dollars. the justice department is joining suit filed by floyd landis. it claims when armstrong raced for the u.s. postal service team a decade ago in the u.s. postal service team, he violated the government by using banned substances. he claims...
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> jimmy: oh, man, he did a great job. >> i know. >> jimmy: pete williams, unbelievable. >> yeah. he was great. [ applause ] you want to make sure that they've vetted the information and made sure that it's correct. >> jimmy: because let me tell you what i did. and this is the thing. and you tell me, i don't know if this is illegal or not, but this is what i did. [ laughter ] i was there. i was watching you. and then as we were going into -- as the night got longer i was watching brian williams. and i'm watching it, and i see -- i'm on twitter. i see, hey, we're streaming the boston police scanner on u-stream. we're streaming it. so, i go, "huh, what is that?" i was hearing like -- [ imitates police scanner chatter ] "yeah, we're gonna check out the boat." i go -- my wife's like, "is this legal?" i go, "it's too late, honey!" [ laughter ] you're in this with me. we're together. i'm looking out the window. >> suddenly there's a knock at your door. >> jimmy: but there's a police scanner now on my phone talking, telling me as i'm watching the news, i'm knowing stuff before it's allow
> jimmy: oh, man, he did a great job. >> i know. >> jimmy: pete williams, unbelievable. >> yeah. he was great. [ applause ] you want to make sure that they've vetted the information and made sure that it's correct. >> jimmy: because let me tell you what i did. and this is the thing. and you tell me, i don't know if this is illegal or not, but this is what i did. [ laughter ] i was there. i was watching you. and then as we were going into -- as the night got longer i...
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nbc's justice correspondent pete williams has the latest on that. hi, pete. >> matt, good morning. ten days after the shooting spree, employees who work in the building where it happened are still not allowed back in because evidence teams continue working, but we have a clearer picture of what happened and why. the fbi says family members of the victims were notified before the materials you are about to see were released. the fbi released surveillance video of aaron alexis holding his shotgun, ultterinately walking and hiding in the hallways where he shot his victims. >> there are indicators that alexis was prepared to die during the attack and that he accepted death as the inevitable consequence of his actions. >> reporter: cameras show him entering the building with a backpack, apparently with a shotgun and ammunition inside. he emerges from a restroom on the fourth floor holding the gun low and looking in office doors. another view show him coming down a stairway. a final video shows him l video at one point behind a corner as people scramble at the other end of the hallway. w
nbc's justice correspondent pete williams has the latest on that. hi, pete. >> matt, good morning. ten days after the shooting spree, employees who work in the building where it happened are still not allowed back in because evidence teams continue working, but we have a clearer picture of what happened and why. the fbi says family members of the victims were notified before the materials you are about to see were released. the fbi released surveillance video of aaron alexis holding his...
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>> pete williams, i have to tell you, i don't think there's anyone smarter than pete williams. when he speaks, you know how you feel like you get a clear, measured picture. i just really like him. there were a lot of people releasing photos this morning of a couple of people that, that they thought the cops were looking at or looking for. >> or acted suspiciously right before the bomb, the second bomb went off. a picture of two men. >> yeah. >> that has not been, that has been discounted now, right? >> he just says they have some people that they're looking at, they're not the two that maybe some of you have seen in the newspapers. we're waiting to find out if in fact there is someone identified in one of the photos that the fbi or the police have. >> what's your gut feeling on this, hoda? >> i don't know. when something is international, usually you hear someone beating their chest saying, we did it. >> we're not supposed to say take credit for it. but in their mind, take responsibility for that. >> the best of human nature always comes out in these horrible situations. last n
>> pete williams, i have to tell you, i don't think there's anyone smarter than pete williams. when he speaks, you know how you feel like you get a clear, measured picture. i just really like him. there were a lot of people releasing photos this morning of a couple of people that, that they thought the cops were looking at or looking for. >> or acted suspiciously right before the bomb, the second bomb went off. a picture of two men. >> yeah. >> that has not been, that...
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our justice correspondent pete williams has more. >> reporter: federal prosecutors says joseph hunter has spent the past eight years out of the military arranging for murders. he was arrested friday in thailand accused of hiring a team to kill a dea agent in africa. >> bone chilling allegations in today's indictment read like they were ripped from the pages of a tom clancy novel. >> reporter: prosecutors says hunter, nicknamed rambo, hired four soldiers one from the united states and one from poland and two from germany. court documents say hunter met with two men he thought were from a columbia cocaine cartel but who were actually undercover informants for the dea. hunters launched a global operation sending members of his team to the bahamas and meeting with the team in thailand and plotting to kill a drug agent and another man they were told was an informant and sending two team members to liberia on wednesday to kill the agent. one of them was recorded saying, actually, for me, that's fun. i love this work. they were arrested when they landed. they called murders for hire bonus wo
our justice correspondent pete williams has more. >> reporter: federal prosecutors says joseph hunter has spent the past eight years out of the military arranging for murders. he was arrested friday in thailand accused of hiring a team to kill a dea agent in africa. >> bone chilling allegations in today's indictment read like they were ripped from the pages of a tom clancy novel. >> reporter: prosecutors says hunter, nicknamed rambo, hired four soldiers one from the united...
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we get to justice correspondent pete williams outside the court. pete, what's in this decision? >> reporter: well, this decision strikes down a key part of the voting rights act, and leaves it up to congress to try to fix it. now, there were two parts of the law that were in question here. this is the civil rights law signed by president johnson in 1996 -- rather 1965, renewed four times, most recently in 2006. it says that states or counties or towns with a history of discrimination must get permission from the federal government in advance before they can make any changes at all in their election procedures. this is the so-called pre-clearance requirement. well the court upheld that today, but the court struck down the map, the formula that congress has repeatedly used over the years to decide who's covered by the voting rights act. now this leaves it up to congress, but the question is, how likely do you think congress is to do something major like this, to take another look at where discrimination at the polls is a problem, decide who's okay now, who isn't. the supreme court
we get to justice correspondent pete williams outside the court. pete, what's in this decision? >> reporter: well, this decision strikes down a key part of the voting rights act, and leaves it up to congress to try to fix it. now, there were two parts of the law that were in question here. this is the civil rights law signed by president johnson in 1996 -- rather 1965, renewed four times, most recently in 2006. it says that states or counties or towns with a history of discrimination must...
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let's get right to nbc's justice correspondent, pete williams. he has new information on that investigation. pete, good morning. >> matt, good morning. law enforcement officials say they have begun their interrogation of dzhokhar tsarnaev, but not in the way they had planned. they say he has a hard time speaking with a gunshot wound to the throat. federal prosecutors plan to file terrorism charges today against the younger of two brothers accused of planting bombs at the boston marathon. dzhokhar tsarnaev lies under guard at a boston hospital with a bullet wound in his throat. some investigators say it might be the result of a suicide attempt on friday night as he lay in a boat on a backyard trailer in watertown just before he was arrested. he's now being questioned for
let's get right to nbc's justice correspondent, pete williams. he has new information on that investigation. pete, good morning. >> matt, good morning. law enforcement officials say they have begun their interrogation of dzhokhar tsarnaev, but not in the way they had planned. they say he has a hard time speaking with a gunshot wound to the throat. federal prosecutors plan to file terrorism charges today against the younger of two brothers accused of planting bombs at the boston marathon....
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pete williams has the newest developments. pete, good morning. >> matt, good morning to you. the man who will stand before a federal judge will be formally charged and is the second person arrested in the case. the first suspect has been released with his charges dropped. investigators say their relationship is a part of the case. >> reporter: federal prosecutors now accuse a former martial arts instructor, 41-year-old james everett dusky of tupelo, mississippi, containing the deadly poison ricin to the white house and senator roger wicker of mississippi. both letters were stopped at federal mail screening centers where the hazardous contents were detected. dusky was arrested over the weekend after federal agents spend days searching his house. law enforcement officials said they found traces of ricin in his possession but he has insisted he had nothing to do with the letters. did you ever handle ricin? >> hold on a second. no. i wouldn't recognize ricin if i saw it. would you? >> reporter: 12 days, the fbi arrested another man, paul kevin curtis and charged him with mailing
pete williams has the newest developments. pete, good morning. >> matt, good morning to you. the man who will stand before a federal judge will be formally charged and is the second person arrested in the case. the first suspect has been released with his charges dropped. investigators say their relationship is a part of the case. >> reporter: federal prosecutors now accuse a former martial arts instructor, 41-year-old james everett dusky of tupelo, mississippi, containing the...
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the latest on the boston investigation from the governor of massachusetts, deval patrick and pete williams and our roundtable all coming up on "meet the press." >> david, thanks very much. >>> that's going to do it for us on a sunday morning. thanks, everybody, for watching. i'll see you back here tonight for ""nbc nightly news."" have a great day, everybody. for ""nbc nightly news."" have a great day, everybody. so long. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com in the bay, the latest on the boston marathon bombings, and how the newest release of the suspect helped to bring to a close the massive manhunt. and the search for answers in the attacks sparks a heated debate about the suspect and his rights. >> psychological, some kind of wayward nut like columbine or some of the school shooters have appare apparently been. >> a bay area terrorism expert speaks with us about the questions that investigators are most likely to pose to suspect. >>> record heat on the way. meteorologist anthony slaugter with the full forecast including when 90 degree weather could hit your neighborhood. "today in the
the latest on the boston investigation from the governor of massachusetts, deval patrick and pete williams and our roundtable all coming up on "meet the press." >> david, thanks very much. >>> that's going to do it for us on a sunday morning. thanks, everybody, for watching. i'll see you back here tonight for ""nbc nightly news."" have a great day, everybody. for ""nbc nightly news."" have a great day, everybody. so long. --...
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pete williams is on capitol hill with new details on the investigation. pete, good morning to you. >> savannah, good morning. police say the woman at the center of all of this was well knife known in connecticut with a history of mental illness. they discovered indications that she believed she was being stalked by president obama. >> reporter: police and federal agents began their search for answers at the stamford, connecticut home of the woman driving the car. 34-year-old miriam carey, a dental hygienist. she drove into a security barrier at the white house and then took off after striking a secret service officer with her car. >> there was a guy in front of her that did stop it and she hit him and he flew over the hood. >> reporter: from there she sped up pennsylvania avenue toward the u.s. capitol about a mile and a half away doing 80 miles per hour at one point. police and secret service officers stopped her car at the foot of the capitol but she jammed it into reverse and took off again as they opened fire. she again led them on a chase around the
pete williams is on capitol hill with new details on the investigation. pete, good morning to you. >> savannah, good morning. police say the woman at the center of all of this was well knife known in connecticut with a history of mental illness. they discovered indications that she believed she was being stalked by president obama. >> reporter: police and federal agents began their search for answers at the stamford, connecticut home of the woman driving the car. 34-year-old miriam...
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for now, i'm pete williams, nbc news in washington.shington. more of the "today" show with tamron hall.on hall. >> today the streaming service is cutting nearly 1,800 movies and tv shows because of ause of licensing restrictions.rictions. most being removed are older o features and netflix constantly updates its library.library. it's 12 minutes after the hour. and that is your update. this one hurts me. there were movies i told you, "ghostbusters" i have never seen. i just got netflix. that was my goal to catch up. >> there's a new thing out called dvds. >> nobody buys dvds anymore. jason is hip and young. >> how did you miss "ghostbusters"? >> ways in school and studying. >> you can go on itunes. >> that's a good idea. >> let's do the weather. >> thank you. >> we'll stream the weather right now. thank you. as the cold front pushes through, we're looking at snow and a lot of it in colorado all of the way into minnesota and parts of wisconsin as you can see over the next 24 hours that snow makes its way from the rockies all of the way on up into
for now, i'm pete williams, nbc news in washington.shington. more of the "today" show with tamron hall.on hall. >> today the streaming service is cutting nearly 1,800 movies and tv shows because of ause of licensing restrictions.rictions. most being removed are older o features and netflix constantly updates its library.library. it's 12 minutes after the hour. and that is your update. this one hurts me. there were movies i told you, "ghostbusters" i have never seen. i...
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nbc justice correspondent pete williams is at the courthouse in washington, d.c. hey, pete. good morning. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. the congressman that was elected just last fall appears this morning in a local washington d.c. courtroom accused of buying a small amount of cocaine in late october. he does not deny it. >> hello. my name is trey. how are you doing? >> reporter: trey radel is no stranger to being in the public eye. elected with 62% of the vote in ft. myers florida but facing a judge on drug charges wasn't the attention he wanted. he was observed in late october buying cocaine from a drug ring already under investigation. when ring members were arrested one of them told authorities that the congressman was a customer. federal drug agents say they later watched as radel made a purchase from a member of the ring. in a written statement, radel says a struggle with alcoholism led to a extremely irresponsible choice. as the father of a young son and a husband to a loving wife, i need to get help so i can be a better man for both of them. >> i knew washi
nbc justice correspondent pete williams is at the courthouse in washington, d.c. hey, pete. good morning. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. the congressman that was elected just last fall appears this morning in a local washington d.c. courtroom accused of buying a small amount of cocaine in late october. he does not deny it. >> hello. my name is trey. how are you doing? >> reporter: trey radel is no stranger to being in the public eye. elected with 62% of the vote in...
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pete williams is nbc's justice correspondent. pete, good morning. what's the latest? >> savannah, good morning to you. those targeted include first lady michelle obama, vice president biden, the fbi director and attorney general. the police chief of los angeles. and several celebrities including mel gibson, ashton kutcher and jay-z. a website using a domain name from the old soviet union have posted their social security numbers and other personal identifying information. also what appear to be their credit reports. some of the information is out of date. the website shows the fbi director living in san francisco, for example. but other information appears to be accurate and all of it is the kind of data that can be bought online from commercially available websites. once someone's social security number and date of birth are known. among other victims are former alaska governor sarah palin and former secretary of state hillary clinton. other celebrities targeted include beyonce, kim kardashian and paris hilton. because so many of the celebrities live in l.a. as does
pete williams is nbc's justice correspondent. pete, good morning. what's the latest? >> savannah, good morning to you. those targeted include first lady michelle obama, vice president biden, the fbi director and attorney general. the police chief of los angeles. and several celebrities including mel gibson, ashton kutcher and jay-z. a website using a domain name from the old soviet union have posted their social security numbers and other personal identifying information. also what appear...